Port O Call - August 2010

PORT CALLPORT CALLGREATER STOCKTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

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Weathering the StormA Conversation with Superintendent Mick Founts

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Events 4

President’s Column 5

CEO Column 6

Leadership Stockton 7

Programs 10

Visitors Bureau 12

New Members 13

Ribbon Cuttings 14

Cover Story 15

News Briefs 19

Calendar 21

CONTENTS

PORT CALL

Weathering the Storm 15

17 Installation Dinner Coverage

Chamber MixerDelta Discovery Cruises

Thursday, August 5, 5:15 p.m. - 7:15 p.m.

Behind the Waterfront Warehouse

445 W. Weber Ave.

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Photograph by: Arturo Vera, Arturo Vera Photography

Leadership StocktonClass of 2010 Project

On the Cover

Photo by: Arturo Vera Photography/Tidewater Gallery

PORT CALLO� cial publication of the Greater Stockton Chamber of Commerce. Serving the Greater Stockton area business community since 1901.

CHAMBER OFFICERSPRESIDENT Rick Goucher, CB Richard Ellis Commercial Real Estate

SR. VICE PRESIDENT Dick McClure, Woodwork Institute

FINANCIAL VICE PRESIDENT Debbie Armstrong, Old Republic Title Company

VICE PRESIDENT Gary J. Long, Gary J. Long Jewelers

VICE PRESIDENT Stephen Barney, F&M Bank

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENTDennis Goldstrand, Goldstrand Planning Group

CHAMBER DIRECTORSPhil Acosta, Delights Waterfront EateryBlain Bibb, ServiceMasterJudith Buethe, Judith Buethe CommunicationsSteven Crabtree, Herum CrabtreeDan Durst, Durst Contract InteriorsBill Harr, Hormel Foods CorporationGeorge Kaplanis, Hilton StocktonDan Keyser, Grupe Commercial Company Kenneth Levy, Wells Fargo AdvisorsMike Long, Bekins/ Pacifi c Storage Co.Rich McDonald, Class One SafetyFred Walkover, ComcastTina Williams, Pacifi c Gas & ElectricBob Young, Stockton Golf & Country Club

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERDouglass W. Wilhoit, Jr. 209.547.2766

PROGRAM & PUBLIC POLICY DIRECTOR/ BEAFrank Ferral 209.547.2763

SPECIAL EVENTS DIRECTORHeidi Altamirano 209.547.2764

OPERATIONS/FINANCE DIRECTORSandy Dwyer 209.547.2770

VISITORS BUREAU DIRECTORWes Rhea 209.547.2770

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTMichelle Flores 209.547.2770

MEMBERSHIP SALES CONSULTANTTeri Manley 209.337.2723

SCAP COORDINATORCarmen Lamas 209.337.2718

SCAP COORDINATOR/ ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTMikki Gilbert 209.337.2730

SPECIAL EVENTS/ LEADERSHIP STOCKTON COORD.Timm Quinn 209.547.2960

RECEPTIONIST/ CUSTOMER SERVICEAlyssa McConnell 209.547.2770

PUBLISHER Stockton Chamber of Commerce 209.547.2770

GRAPHIC DESIGNNever Boring Design Associates 209.526.9136

ADVERTISING Amanda Calhoun 209.988.5800

PRINTINGSnyder Lithograph 209.466.9026

MAILINGStockton Mailing & Printing Inc. 209.466.6741

GREATER STOCKTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE445 W. Weber Avenue, Suite 220, Stockton, CA 95203

209.547.2770 fax [email protected]

Greater

46th Annual Industrial Technology Barbecue

One of our most popular events of the year is the Industrial

Technology Barbecue, a festive fall get together honoring new

and expanding businesses in our county. So mark your calendars

for Wednesday, September 15, at 5:30 p.m. at the Lexington Plaza

Waterfront Hotel, 110 Fremont St.

We’re proud to have the distinguished and continuing support

of our founding sponsors Paci� c Gas & Electric, SJC Economic

Development Association and San Joaquin Partnership. � eir

dedication to honor companies that enhance our revenue and

employment base is a testimonial to the emphasis we place on

encouraging a healthy business economy.

Eventsby: Heidi Altamirano

Various Industrial Technology Barbecue sponsorship levels

are available, and if you take action now, you’ll receive maximum

marketing exposure in upcoming promotions. Act now and help us

honor these great companies!

For more information, please contact Timm Quinn at

547-2960, or [email protected]

Host a mixer in 2011!

Want to get more exposure? Are you a Chamber member?

Why not host one of the monthly Chamber mixers? Mixer dates are

� lling up quickly for 2011. Call Timm Quinn at 547-2960 or e-mail

him at [email protected] to get more information and

get your name on the list!

$1100 Gold SponsorExclusive sponsorship. Sponsorship includes eight dinner tickets, two pre-event Honoree Reception tickets, recogni-tion in all pre-event publicity and mailings (with name/logo of company), ad in the event program, recognition from podium during event, company signage at table.

$800 Silver SponsorSponsorship includes four dinner tickets, recognition in all pre-event publicity and mailings (with name of company), company name listed in the event program, recognition from podium during event, company signage at table.

$600 Bronze SponsorSponsorship includes two dinner tickets, recognition in all pre-event publicity and mailings (with name of company), company name listed in the event program, recognition from podium during event.

AUGUST2010 4www.stocktonchamber.org

www.visitstockton.org@ Heidi Altamirano: [email protected]

My main theme for this new Greater Stockton

Chamber of Commerce (GSCC) year is to grow

your GSCC so we can be even more e¤ ective. You

saw what we did with the hospital prison issue. Now

add to that the announcement I just received from

Alison Hudson, San Joaquin County Public Works

Solid Waste Division:

“It is my pleasure to inform you that the GSCC

has won the California Stewardship ‘Golden Arrow

Award’ for Coalition Building. � is top award

recognizes businesses for outstanding leadership,

innovation and partnership in product stewardship

and green design.”

“� e GSCC is recognized for developing

‘Green Team San Joaquin’, a comprehensive program

advocating environmental responsibility, green

design, material reuse, and product take-back.

From Your President...by: Rick Goucher

Your e¤ ort regularly convenes private businesses,

municipal and county jurisdictions, economic

development professionals, educators, students and

the community of San Joaquin County together to

demonstrate the � nancial bene� ts of the product

stewardship and green business practices.”

On behalf of myself, your board and our

current membership, I extend hearty congratulations

to our Green Team San Joaquin— chaired by board

member Blain Bibb, and the driving force behind

Green Team San Joaquin, Frank Ferral, GSCC

Program and Public Policy Director.

� is is just one great example of the bene� ts

of Chamber membership! � ank you for being a

member and we invite a larger number of businesses

to join us as we continually work together to move

the Chamber and the community forward.

PORT CALL Greater Stockton Chamber of Commerce5

From Your CEO...by: Doug Wilhoit

All of us here at your Chamber hope you had a wonderful 4th

of July with family and friends! Hopefully it was not just the safe and

sane � reworks or the grilled food that made it great, but also taking

time to re¬ ect on how lucky we are to be living in the United States

of America with so many freedoms, protected by the sacri� ces of

so many since the founding of this country! It is all of us who live,

work, play and pray day in and day out in a law-abiding, personally

responsible and legal way that is the foundation of this country.

Traveling the byways and highways of our community, state or

nation not blaming someone else for our shortcomings is the way

it is supposed to be done. Sad to say we see more and more people

blaming someone else and expecting someone to � x the problem

while they stand by hoping to reap the bene� ts.

� ose of us on the byways and highways, not the folks

hidden away in the Beltway of D.C., are the ones with the

responsibility of making our nation work!

William James, an American philosopher and psychologist

born in New York City in 1842, said it best: “� e deadliest enemies

of nations are not their foreign foes; they always dwell within their

borders. And from these internal enemies civilization is always in

need of being saved. � e nation blessed above all nations is she in

whom the CIVIC GENIOUS OF THE PEOPLE does the saving

day by day, by acts without external picturesqueness; by speaking,

writing, VOTING reasonably; by smiting corruption swi± ly; by

good temper between parties; by the people knowing true men

when they see them, and preferring them as leaders to rabid

partisans and empty quacks.”

My purpose of emphasizing some words in the quote

by Mr. James is that we as citizens have an absolute duty and

responsibility to educate ourselves on the issues and candidates

before us and then go to the polls armed with knowledge and

conviction to make sure those who WE elect to represent us do

so with US in mind and not their own little self-serving “beltway”

world. � e dismal number of CITIZENS who voted in this last

primary and past elections (thanks to you who did vote) is an

embarrassment and I would hope that each of you right now

makes a commitment to study the issues, the candidates and then

vote not only in November 2010 but every election therea± er.

Hope you are all enjoying your summer and yes, as is always

the case, we have had some pleasant and some very hot days.

But consider the folks who live farther down the Valley like

Fresno or Bakers� eld who have, in most cases, the same daytime

temperatures but do not have the Delta breezes we have. For

example, both our daytime temperatures are maybe 102. By 10:00

p.m. our temperature will be in the 60’s and theirs are still in the

high 80’s to low 90’s and that as good as it is going to get. My

dad gave me a saying many years ago, “I complained when I had

no shoes until I saw a man with no feet.” Well some complain

about the heat—it is summer you know—but believe me it

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www.visitstockton.org

Leadership Stocktonby: Timm Quinn

Leadership Stockton Class of 2010 Project Summary

� e Leadership Stockton Class of 2010 is proud to announce the

completion of their community project. A± er visiting many worthwhile

organizations in Stockton, they saw tremendous opportunity in

renovating a shelter for victims of domestic violence, run by the

Women’s Center of San Joaquin County.

� e shelter provides short-term housing for women and their

children while they get back on their feet. Its residents are o¤ ered

supportive programs during their stay including counseling, support

groups, and legal assistance. � e shelter is home to several families, and

once o¤ ered a small backyard that had succumbed to neglect and a

children’s playroom in need of a renovation.

Starting with the unkempt backyard used for junk storage, the

group spent the better half of a day cleaning out and hauling away

truckloads of trash and prepping the ground for a professional

landscaper. With funds collected from the community, including

sizable donations from the Stockton Olive Oil Project Charitable

Organization (SOOPCO) and Herum Crabtree (et al), the

landscaping company arrived and turned the empty yard into a

children’s grassy paradise. Additional funds were then spent on a

new bench and outdoor recreational toys and games to entertain the

children in their new backyard.

To increase funds, a fundraising opportunity was put into motion

in partnership with De Vinci’s. � e generous restaurant allowed the

class to sell lunch and dinner tickets and keep 60% of the ticket price to

invest in their project. � is activity, with thanks to too many people to

mention, raised over $3,600-combined with earlier donations-for a total

of more than $9,000.

“� e Women’s Center is so very grateful to have been selected by

the Leadership Stockton Class of 2009-2010 for its community project.

� e class members created a serene and safe place for the children to

play. � eir tireless e¤ orts provide a wonderful respite for the children

and their mom’s at DAWN House,” said Joelle Gomez, director of the

Women’s Center.

Speaking for the class, participant David Diskin re¬ ected, “It was

hard to choose which organization to support, but the Women’s Center

is an amazing organization and we knew our e¤ orts would be put

to good use.” He added, “Each of us are already working on smaller

projects for other, equally deserving groups.”

As the Women’s Center project was being undertaken, the

Leadership Stockton Class of 2010 also established a self-sustaining

recycle program with Langston Hughes Middle School of the Aspire

Charter Schools. � e goal is to expand the program to six other Aspire

schools in San Joaquin County and use the proceeds for school projects

and programs such as music, art, and sports.

PORT CALL Greater Stockton Chamber of Commerce7 @ Timm Quinn: [email protected]

Leadership Stocktonby: Timm Quinn

Programs Departmentby: Frank Ferral

Chamber Member is Engaged in the Community

Condor Earth Technologies, Inc. has been providing civil,

geotechnical engineering, and environmental services to Stockton

and surrounding San Joaquin County for nearly 30 years. � e � rm

has supported the development of Mountain House, the Burlington

Northern Santa Fe Intermodal facility, the new San Joaquin County

Administration Building, Stockton hospitals, and area schools

along with many other projects. Condor has provided support to

various departments of the City of Stockton and participated in

the development of new facilities at the Port of Stockton. � ey call

Stockton home.

In 2010 Condor initiated a program, Partners in Education,

to help address the needs of our schools. As we are all too aware,

California budget issues are having a signi� cant impact on schools

throughout the State. Among other issues, the result has been an

increase in student class size and fewer resources for classroom supplies,

including paper and writing implements. Condor became aware of

a unique, relatively inexpensive, sustainable tool used by teachers and

students that is having a dramatic impact on student participation in the

classroom and overall learning. � e KleenSlate Paddle is a hand-held,

dry erase whiteboard with a built-in dry erase pen and attachable eraser

that snaps into the handle of the paddle. � e hard-plastic paddle has

two dry erase surfaces that can be cleaned using soap and water and are

easily replaceable. � e pens contain low-odor ink and writing points

that do not push into the marker when a student uses heavy pressure.

� e product is delivered in a classroom set with enough to provide every

student a KleenSlate Paddle. � ere is also a set of classroom exercises

developed by teachers currently using the paddles in their classrooms.

For more information on Condor’s Partners in Education

program, contact president Barry A. Hillman at bhillmancondorearth.

com. For more information regarding Condor and the services they

provide, please see our website www.condorearth.com or contact Ron

Skaggs at [email protected] or at our o¶ ce o¤ of French

Camp Road.

800.214.5113phoenix.edu/sacramento

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www.visitstockton.orgFor more info, contact Frank Ferral at ¤ [email protected]@

Restaurants Wanted for Annual Event

� e Stockton Conference & Visitors Bureau is looking for

restaurants to participate in a citywide promotion of � ne cuisine,

culinary diversity and simply great food.

Restaurants across Stockton’s dining

scene will come together for what has

become one of Stockton’s most anticipated

culinary events, Stockton Restaurant

Week, to be held September 19-25, 2010.

During Stockton’s second-annual weeklong

event, participating restaurants will o¤ er

special three-course menus that will showcase some of the region’s

most talented chefs and the culinary diversity of Stockton. � e prix-� xe

menus will be priced at $9.95 per person for lunch, and $15, $20 or $25

per person for dinner, exclusive of beverages, tax and gratuity.

Stockton Restaurant Week was created in 2009 to highlight

Stockton as a diverse dining destination and allow our many local

foodies and families an opportunity to enjoy special prix-� xe three-

course menus from a diverse selection of participating local restaurants.

Considering the current economic climate, this weeklong event will

allow diners to discover new restaurants in Stockton and enjoy all their

favorites at a reduced price. With these a¤ ordable prices, Stocktonians

will have the opportunity to dine out all week.

� e o¶ cial Stockton Restaurant Week website,

www.StocktonRestaurantWeek.com, will list participating restaurants

o¤ ering prix-� xe lunch menus for $9.95, and dinners for $15, $20 or

$25, exclusive of beverages, tax and gratuity.

� e Stockton Conference and Visitors Bureau (SCVB) will

produce Stockton Restaurant Week annually.

For general information about Stockton Restaurant Week, please

contact Wes at 337-2721 or [email protected].

Conference & Visitors Bureauby: Wes Rhea

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New Members For more information on becoming a new member, please contact Teri Manley

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Weathering the Stormby: Matthew Andrews

COVER STORY

A Conversation with Superintendent Mick Founts

in his almost boundless optimism, does not fail to recognize. � e

state’s chronic budget de� cit as a result of the economic downturn

has forced regular budget cuts that go deeper and deeper into the

wallets of local school districts. Meanwhile, performance standards

have not decreased and costs continue to rise every year, meaning

that schools have to do more with less. “We’re funded almost dead

last in the nation,” says Founts, “and there are no state standards that

exceed ours. We’re expected to meet � rst world standards with third

world funding.”

One of the most obvious and detrimental aspects of the lack of

funding has been its impact on faculty. Most of the schools’ budgets

go toward salaries, explains Founts, and when schools are in a place

where they need to cut costs, it is o± en good people who care about

kids who lose their jobs. “� e only way to deal with huge cuts is to

reduce personnel,” he says. “And not just teachers, but the support

sta¤ that make the schools run.”

Also a¤ ected by budget cuts are many of the extracurricular

activities that help students become well-rounded individuals. � ese

programs, which include music, drama, arts, sports and technical

courses, teach students to exercise their creativity and prepare for

future occupations. With the possibility that these programs could be

cut, Founts fears that schools will become too myopic to be e¤ ective.

“Kids learn in di¤ erent ways,” he explains. “Schools need that

¬ exibility. Unfortunately, we’re moving away from that right now.”

But while budget cuts have le± voids in the schools’ operations,

members of the community and business world have rushed in to

� ll them. Founts believes that these partnerships represent a unique

opportunity for children to take what they’ve learned in the classroom

and apply it to the world at large: “Having businesses come out to the

schools brings education to life.”

San Joaquin County Superintendent of Schools Mick

Founts jumps out like a three-dimensional scrapbook. � e walls,

bookshelves and desk are covered in mementoes, books, and artwork.

Behind each of these items is a story that Founts recalls with ease

and enthusiasm. Many relate to former students from the past, and

they remind him of all the ways the public school system can make a

di¤ erence in a child’s life.

� is kind of nostalgia seems appropriate in an era when

headlines about budget cuts are a regular occurrence; when the storm

comes, one always wishes to remember the sunny days. Except

Founts’ journeys into the past o± en take him into the present, causing

him to relate with equal enthusiasm, the way that schools are making

a di¤ erence in the lives of children today. To Founts, the stories where

kids prevail in paving the way for their future success are the daily

narratives that help him weather the storms.

“Every school has a story to tell,” he says, “too o± en we focus

on the negative things that plague us rather than on what is good

and working.”

Achieving that level of positivity can be di¶ cult when the

negatives can be so overwhelming. � is is a truth that even Founts,


As an example, he points to the county’s adopt-a-school

program, in which businesses and organizations adopt schools and

then bring their expertise into the classrooms. � ey talk about how

the fundamentals of education translate in their respective � elds.

One of the most exciting partnerships, in Founts opinion, is the

partnership between Hamilton Elementary School and several of the

county’s major healthcare providers. Each provider adopts a grade

level and then sticks with the class for � ve years, pledging to come

into the classrooms at least once a month to give kids hands-on

instruction in the sciences.

Whether it’s Leadership Stockton renovating baseball diamonds

and playgrounds at Nightingale Elementary, or University of Paci� c

students and Kleinfelder Engineering professionals teaching kids

math and science at John R. Williams Elementary, members of the

community are stepping up like never before to make sure kids get

the education they need.

But what Founts � nds most heartening are the triumphs and

continued successes of kids who are getting the education that they

deserve, in a time when doing so is harder than ever. He points to

Venture Academy Family of Schools’ Mock Trial program, Tracy

High School’s Culinary Arts programs, agricultural programs

throughout the county, and extracurricular academic activities like

Academic Decathlon and Science Olympiad as examples of ways that

students are using their education to prepare themselves for college

or the workplace—the ultimate goal of any school. � ese programs

succeed in spite of inadequate funding because individuals from all

sides sacri� ce and work to make sure that they stay alive.

“� e reasons [that programs succeed] are all the same,” says

Founts. “It’s site administrators who believe in programs and sacri� ce

to support them, it’s teachers who spend time getting them prepared,

it’s parents who sacri� ce to make sure their kids are in the programs,

but above all, it’s the power of the human spirit that these young

people have.”

Founts acknowledges that the school system is facing a time of

unparalleled challenges, but he also acknowledges that the forward

ambition of the human mind is

stronger than any budget cut.

With the continued e¤ orts of

students, parents, faculty

and the community

at large, schools will

persevere through the

storm and see sunlight

once again.

But while budget cuts have

left voids in the schools’

operations, members

of the community and

business world have

rushed in to fi ll them.

unparalleled challenges, but he also acknowledges that the forward

ambition of the human mind is

stronger than any budget cut.

With the continued e¤ orts of

students, parents, faculty

and the community

at large, schools will

persevere through the

storm and see sunlight



Cover story photography by Arturo Vera, Arturo Vera Photography

Photographs by: Arturo Vera, Arturo Vera Photography

Installation Dinner


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E. & J. Gallo Winery Honored withthe Dale Carnegie Leadership Award.

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Established in 1985, this prestigiousaward has been presented to approxi-mately 300 organizations worldwide.Past recipients have included The FordMotor Company, Coca Cola, Adidas,Boeing, Four Seasons Hotels, Daimler-

Chrysler and SAS Scandinavian Airlines.

E. & J. Gallo Winery, one of the world’slargest wine producers is the firstorganization in its category to receivethe Dale Carnegie Training® LeadershipAward. The recognition was awardedto Gallo as an industry leader commit-ted to the development of theiremployees.

Accepting the award on behalf ofJoseph E. Gallo, Co-Chairman,President and CEO for E. & J. GalloWinery was Steve Sprinkle, NationalSales Vice President. The award waspresented by Peter Handal, Chairman,President and CEO of Dale CarnegieTraining® during Gallo’s annual confer-ence hosted at La Costa Resort & Spain Carlsbad, California.

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� e Symphony is pleased to announce that � ve new community leaders have been elected to the Symphony’s Board of Directors. Combined, these new directors represent decades of leadership in business and

the Stockton community, as well as a love and passion for symphonic music. New directors include Gene Acevedo, Doug Hunt, Bonner Mendez, Gerald Oliver and Joe Sublett. � e Haggin Museum’s two special exhibitions - “Bustles & Balustrades: � e Link between Victorian Fashion and Architecture” and “California Impressionism: Selections from � e Irvine Museum” - will close Sunday, August 15. Visit www.hagginmuseum.org for more information.

Oak Valley Community Bank Supports FDIC’s Partners in Education. Oak Valley Community Bank recently partnered with Mark Twain Jr. High to teach students about managing money and the importance developing good � nancial habits. For the second consecutive year, Bank sta¤ taught the FDIC’s Money Smart to about 450 students in one week.

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could be worse! We live in a wonderful part of California and our

Nation and hopefully not only will we understand that but herald

it to all. Promoting the virtues of our community and working as

one to improve upon what is not so virtuous! Standing back and

complaining like the man with no shoes is not the way to improve

our community, stepping to the plate and educating ourselves on the

issues and needed improvement is. All of us should roll up our sleeves

and join hands as one to improve the lives of all our fellow citizens!

As you can see from this month’s Port O Call cover, we are

heralding education as students prepare to start a new school year.

We all know that education is so important for all citizens, for it is

through education one can move closer to his or her dreams and

God-given potential. Sometime between 384-322 B.C. Aristotle

said, “Educated men [women] are as much superior to uneducated

men [women] as the living are to the dead.” And between A.D.

46-120 Plutarch stated, “� e very spring and root of honesty and

virtue lie in a good education.”

� ese early philosophers had it right and what they felt and

taught is as true today as it was then! With that in mind, since the

beginning of your Greater Stockton Chamber of Commerce in

1901, the importance of education in our community has been at

the forefront of the mission of the Chamber. Not only to prepare

students for the workplace but also to instill, as stated above,

“honesty and virtue!”

Your Chamber, through its Business Education Alliance

(BEA) and our entire membership, works closely with the school

districts of San Joaquin County to make sure they prepare their

students for the future. In the times we live in the task is not easy,

but working together we can and will succeed.

Join us in making the future bright for you, your family and

this community by being or becoming an ACTIVE member of

your Greater Stockton Chamber of Commerce!

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CalendarAugust 2010

Highlights8/5 - Chamber Networking Mixer — 5:15 p.m. - 7:15 p.m.

@ Delta Discovery Cruises, Behind the

Waterfront Warehouse

also don’t miss...9/2 - September Chamber Mixer — 5:15 p.m. - 7:15 p.m.

@ St. Joseph’s Occupational Health

Chamber Networking Mixer – 5:15 p.m. – 7:15 p.m. @ Delta Discovery Cruises, Behind the Waterfront Warehouse

5

Leadership Stockton Orientation – 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. @ Chamber Conference Room11

Manufacturers Industrial Distribution Roundtable meeting – 7:30 a.m. @ Chamber Conference Room

12

Liaison Meeting – 12:00 p.m. @ Chamber Conference Room9

Business Education Alliance meeting – 3:00 p.m. @ Chamber Conference Room25

Board Meeting – 4:00 p.m. @ Chamber Conference Room26

New Member Orientation – 10:30 a.m. @ Chamber Conference Room5

Leadership Stockton Leadership Dynamics Session – 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. @ San Joaquin County O¶ ce of Education

13

Green Team San Joaquin Greenzone Workshop – 9:00 a.m. @ Chamber Conference Room

18

Government Relations Council – 7:30 a.m. @ Chamber Conference Room13


University of the Pacific Intercollegiate Athletics and the Pacific Tigers Athletics Association

request the pleasure of your company at The 11th Annual Orange & Black Ball

Saturday, August 28, 2010 Alex G. Spanos CenterThe Pacific Tigers Athletics Association (PTAA) would like to invite you to join us for what has become one of the premier

Stockton events. Enjoy a fun-filled night of wine tasting, hors d’oeuvres, fabulous dinner by Angelina’s, auctions,

live entertainment and dancing with the Big Booty Bob Band.Come take advantage of the complimentary photo taken as you check-in at the 11th Annual Orange & Black Ball!

Doors open at 5:30 p.m5:30 p.m. - Cocktails, Hors d’oeuvres & Silent Auction

7:30 p.m. - Dinner and Live Auction9:00 p.m. - Dancing with Live Music

RESERVATIONS:*$45 for PTAA members

Table of 8/10 for $320/$400*$55 for Non-PTAA members

Table of 8/10 for $440/$55

RSVP with Jim Dugoni, PTAA Executive Director, by August 20th at (209) 946-2387

Contact the Chamber at 209.547.2770 for more info*

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